Continued from yesterday’s post. So I eagerly headed off to photograph this wreck of a car that had been stranded out here on the mudflats for years. This was going to make an interesting subject. I cut across from dead mangrove over the mudflats. Things were going well but the light was changing. Not wanting to miss the shot I pressed ahead. They say fools rush in and I was about to prove that old proverb true. The ground got a bit softer but was manageable. “Gotta get that shot and keep pressing on.! Not far now.” And then suddenly I’m having trouble getting my feet out of the mud. More than that I’m sinking. A panic swept over me as I realize how much trouble I was in. I try to lift one leg out but the other sinks to my knee. The realization that I could be in grave danger on an deserted beach hit me like a tonne of bricks. I summoned every bit of rational thought I could to suppress the panic. “Think about this and you will get out” I tell myself. Trying to struggle free I fall forward and break my fall with my splayed out tripod. My initial thought is “Oh shit I’m going to ruin the camera”. But then I realize the camera won’t sink because it’s area is spread out. I’m going to have to crawl out of here or keep sinking. So I managed to extract each leg and on all fours and crawl my way over 40 meters to semi dry land. My shoes, socks, pants and the arms of my shirt are all soaked and filled and covered mud. I take the the photo but by this stage I just want to go home. I took the best part of an hour to find a safe route back to shore. Not sure what my partner, my friends and family would do if this had gone much worse. It’s definitely given me pause for reflection. Photography and nature and amazing but no photo is worth your safety. It could have been me stuck like this old wreck. ⠀
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Since I have gone back to work full time, I am often on the road viewing the sunsets from my car, wishing I could pull over and take pics. This evening when I was impatiently waiting for a very slow train to go by, I looked over and saw this view. I started snapping pics and then I got honked at, because the train had cleared, lol... Slow down, you never know what you might miss 🖤🌅🚂🌅🖤